In light of the drama (some might say calamity) that is the partisan Supreme Court appointments process in the United States, a number of Canadian commentators have eagerly pointed out that Canadians can't even name our Supreme Court justices. This, they assert, reflects our non-politicized Court.

Without dismissing this entirely as the typical Canadian superiority in the face of the utter disaster that is contemporary American politics, I think an important distinction needs to be made betwee...

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